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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neither \Nei"ther\, conj.
not either generally used to introduce the first of two or
more co["o]rdinate clauses of which those that follow begin
with nor
Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the
king. --1 Kings
xxii. 31.
Hadst thou been firm and fixed in thy dissent, Neither
had I transgressed, nor thou with me --Milton.
When she put it on she made me vow That I should
neither sell nor give nor lose it --Shak.
Note: Neither was formerly often used where we now use nor
``For neither circumcision, neither uncircumcision is
anything at all.'' --Tyndale. ``Ye shall not eat of it
neither shall ye touch it.'' --Gen. iii. 3. Neither is
sometimes used colloquially at the end of a clause to
enforce a foregoing negative (nor, not no). ``He is
very tall, but not too tall neither.'' --Addison. '' `I
care not for his thrust' `No, nor I neither.''' --Shak.
{Not so neither}, by no means [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neither \Nei"ther\ (? or ?; 277), a. [OE. neiter, nother,
nouther, AS n[=a]w?er, n[=a]hw[ae]?er; n[=a] never not +
hw[ae]?er whether. The word has followed the form of either
See {No}, and {Whether}, and cf {Neuter}, {Nor}.]
Not either not the one or the other
Which of them shall I take? Both? one? or neither?
Neither can be enjoyed, If both remain alive. --Shak.
He neither loves, Nor either cares for him --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
neither
adv : after a negative statement used to indicate that the next
statement is similarly negative; "I was not happy and
neither were they"; "just as you would not complain,
neither should he"
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